Gadgets to make the world go ga-ga

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, in full swing this weekend, is a chance for the Japanese, Korean, Israeli and American gadget-makers to show off the products they hope will end up on retailers’ shelves over the next year or two. And among 2,400 companies exhibiting there a fair number of British firms revolutionising the industry, too.

国际消费电子展在拉斯维加斯召开，并在周末全面启动，这对于日本、韩国、以色列和美国的小工具制造商是个机遇，他们想展示那些在未来一到两年内将会撤下零售货架的商品。而且在2400家参展企业中英国革命性行业的数量相当可观。

Remember something called the video cassette? That was first launched at CES in 1970. Those impossibly shiny compact discs? Unveiled here in 1981. So if you want to know what will end up in our pockets and in the living room, Vegas in the first full week of January is the place to be.

还记得录像带么？那是在1970年的国际消费电子展上首次推出的。光盘的出现很不可思议？它也是1981年在这儿亮相的。所以如果你想知道什么才会是您的口袋或者是客厅的终结者？那么一月份的第一个星期您一定要去拉斯维加斯。